O Sister (sOdarI) of SyAma kRshNa (kRshNan)! Will I ever remain (iruppEnO) without extolling (tudi seyyAmal) (seyyAmal-iruppEnO) You (unnai)? Please grant (taruvAyE) me boon (varam) (varantaruvAyE) so that I do not forget (maravAmal-irukka) Your (un) feet (pAdangaLai). O Mother SyAmaLa (SyAmalE) holding parrot (Suka) in the hand! O nitya kalyANI (literally Eternally auspicious)! O Mother (tAyE)! Will I (nAn) be able to bear (tAnguvenO) now (ippO) if You still (ini) delay (tAmadam seydAl) (tAmadam-ini)? O akhilANDESvarI! Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.Notes – Variations –1 - pAda kamala dhyAnam - pAda kamalamula dhyAnam : The latter version seems to be inappropriate as the whole kRti is in Tamil and most epithets in Sanskrit, whereas ‘kamalamula’ is in Telugu.

2 – seidukoNDunnai - It is given as ‘seidukoNDonnai’ in all the books. However, the correct form is ‘seidukoNDunnai’.

5 – nilavin varavAl – It is given as ‘nilavin varalAl’ in all the books. This seems to be a writing down error because Tamil ‘la’ and ‘va’ look almost similar. The correct usage is ‘varavAl’. Accordingly, it has been adopted.

6 – tamiyEn – It is given as ‘taniyEn’ in all books. However, the meaning derived is ‘humble supplicant’. Therefore, it should be ‘tamiyEn’. ‘taniyEn’ is not appropriate in this place.

“There the sun does not shine, neither do the moon and the stars; nor do these flashes of lightning shine. How can this fire? He shining, all these shine; through His lustre all these are variously illumined.” (Translation by Swami Gambhirananda).

Comments – 4 – tayangukinrAyE – this is part question and part exclamation. Therefore, it has been translated in interrogative form.

In order to facilitate non-Tamils, spelling of words of this Tamil kRti has been done as per pronunciation and not as per written form of Tamil language. However, the Tamil version contains the correct Tamil word forms.